Midas Blenny – Facts and Photographs
The Midas blenny (Ecsenius midas) is also known as the Golden Blenny, the Lyretail blenny and the Persian blenny. They are combtooth blennies that feed on plankton and are often seen swimming above the reef...
Transparent Cave Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Transparent Cave Goby (Fusigobius pallidus) is also known as the Pale Sand Goby. They were initially described as Coryphopterus pallidus but were reclassified by Randall in 2001 as Fusigobius pallidus. ...
Sleeper Blue Dot Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Sleeper Blue Dot Goby (Valenciennea sexguttata) is also known as the Chalk Goby and the Sixspot Goby.
They lack swim bladders which given that they spend most of their time on the substrate are not n...
Orange-spotted sleeper-goby – Facts and Photographs
The Orange-spotted sleeper-goby (Valenciennea puellaris) is also known as the Orange-dashed goby, Maiden goby and Diamond Watchman goby.
They lack swim bladders which given that they spend most of their ...
Eyebar Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Eyebar Goby (Gnatholepis cauerensis) is also known as the Shoulderspot Goby, the Bridled Goby and the Cauer Eye-bar Goby. There is some disagreement as to the validity of this species and how they shoul...
Gorgeous Shrimp Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Gorgeous Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri) is also known as the Gorgeous Prawn-goby, the Barred Shrimp goby, the Burgundy Shrimp goby and Wheeler's Shrimp-goby. They are fairly common on the Tanzania...
Graceful Lizardfish- Facts and Photographs
The Graceful Lizardfish (Saurida gracilis) also called the Blotchy Lizardfish. Close up they are easily distinguished from other Lizardfish by the shape of the mouth and the protruding teeth as seen in the ...
Sand Lizardfish- Facts and Photographs
The Sand lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) is also known as the Clearfin Lizzardfish and the Banded Lizzardfish. They are often confused with the Variegated Lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) but are notably d...
Mozambique Ghost Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Mozambique Ghost Goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) is also known as the Common Ghost Goby, the Toothy Goby and the Many-host Goby. As can be seen in the images in the post, they are found on numerous hosts....
Decorated Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Decorated Goby (Istigobius decoratus) is also known as the Decorated Sand Goby, the Decorated Sand-Goby and the Decorated Sandgoby. In 1979 Istigobius was elevated to genus status and the differentiatin...
Bluestreak Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Bluestreak Goby (Valenciennea strigata) is also known as the Pennant Glider, Blueband Goby, Blueband Glider Goby and the Golden-head sleeper goby. They lack the sucker type pelvic fins common to many o...
Bluelined Shrimp Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Bluelined Shrimp goby (Cryptocentrus bulbiceps) may be conspecific to Cryptocentrus fasciatus as the two resemble each other. Possibly only DNA testing may confirm this. They are common in some areas of...
Blackflap Blenny – Facts and Photographs
The Blackflap Blenny (Cirripectes auritus) also known as the Eared Blenny and the Black-eared Eyelash Blenny. They are combtooth blennies that make their home in holes, usually in corals and sponges.
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Redspotted Sandperch – Facts and Photographs
The Redspotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandii) is also known as the Rosy Sandperch. They are among the more attractive looking sand perches and are sometimes seen swimming above the bottom. They are ...
Aurora Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Aurora Goby (Amblyeleotris aurora) is also known as the Aurora Shrimp Goby and the Pinkbar Goby. As their name implies they have a symbiotic relationship with a species of alpheid shrimp, Alpheus randal...
Blue Speckled Shrimp Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Blue Speckled Shrimp Goby (Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus) is a common inhabitant of the silty shallow areas of the Tanzanian coasts. They are also known as the Eight-barred Shrimp-goby. As their name im...
Mozambique Blenny – Facts and Photographs
The Mozambique Blenny (Meiacanthus mossambicus) is also known as the Harptail Blenny. Blennies in the Meiacanthus Genus have grooved canine teeth with poison sacks that allow them to inject poison into thei...
False Cleanerfish – Facts and Photographs
The False Cleanerfish (Aspidontus tractus) mimics the Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)pictured below across each stage of its life. False Cleanerfish are fangblennies and the name originate...
Bluestriped Fangblenny – Facts and Photographs
The Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) is also known as the bluestriped blenny, bluestriped sabretooth blenny, blunt-nose blenny, cleaner mimic, tube-worm blenny and the two-stripe blenny. ...
Piano Fangblenny – Facts and Photographs
The Piano Fangblenny (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma) is also known as the Hit and Run Blenny, Mimic Blenny and Scale-eating Fangblenny. They obtain their name from the black and brown striped pattern running dow...
Whip Coral Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Whip Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) is also known as the wire-coral goby. They have a very specialized habitat and are found only on the Whip Coral (Cirripathes anguina) and as a consequence have a numb...
Speckled Sandperch – Facts and Photographs
The Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) is a member of the Parapercis genus . They were once thought to be two separate species because of the discrepancy in looks between the males and the females....
Railway Glider Goby – Facts and Photographs
The Railway Glider Goby - Valenciennea helsdingenii is also commonly known as the twostripe goby, black-lined sleeper goby, or railway sleeper goby.They lack the sucker type pelvic fins common to many other...
Blotchlip Sandperch – Facts and Photographs
The Blotchlip sandperch is a member of the Parapercis genus that used to be known as Parapercis xanthozona. Due to the obvious differences it is being reclassified but is not yet described. They are a very...
Spotted Sandperch – Facts and Photographs
The Spotted sandperch, Parapercis punctulata is a common inhabitant of the rubble areas between the reef on the Tanzanian coast. As can be seen in the image above the males are quite attractive looking fish...
Variegated Lizardfish- Facts and Photographs
The Variegated Lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) is also known as the Reef Lizardfish or Red Banded Lizardfish. They are sometimes confused with the Sand lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) which are usually fo...
Fire Dartfish-Facts and Photographs
The Fire Dartfish Nemateleotris magnifica also known as the Fire Goby or Red Fire Dartfish is an unusually shaped and colorful fish. Fire Dartfish are not actually gobies and are in the Pteroleotridae fami...